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Melton Trial Opening Statements Start Today
The federal civil-rights trial of Mayor Frank Melton and former mayoral bodyguard Michael Recio began this morning with opening statements followed by witness testimony. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood was …
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Tougaloo Students Blogging from Inauguration
A group of students from Tougaloo College are blogging inaugural events on Black College Wire. The group of mass communications students are led by professor Eric Stringfellow and plan to …
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Meyers Named JSU President
Jackson State University is set to have its first female president. The Board of Trustees for Mississippi's universities voted this afternoon to finalize its appointment of Dr. Carolyn Meyers as …
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New Deadline for Seale's Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court set an August 9 deadline last week for the U.S. Department of Justice to respond to the appeal of former Ku Klux Klansmen James Ford Seale, …
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Favre's Farewell
The tears flow as Brett Favre officially announces that he is retiring from the Green Bay Packers after 17 seasons in the NFL. "I know I can play but I …
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Uh Oh, Ole Miss
Ole Miss admits that the NCAA has been sniffing around Oxford again. Where there's smoke, there's definitely fire. How long before the strippers turn up again?
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On To Omaha
Mississippi State defeated Clemson 8-5 on Saturday, sending the Bulldogs to the College World Series for the first time since 1998. An NCAA super regional-record crowd of 13,715 saw the …
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Cotton State League Update
Doctor S asks and the Cotton State League delivers (10 games or so into the season). The wood bat league's Web site has finally been updated, complete with a schedule. …
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Rome on Late, Late Show
Doctor S caught Jim Rome, the uber-popular radio sports talk show host and ESPN TV host, on Friday night during his guest stint on CBS' "The Late, Late Show." CBS …
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The Turkey Gobbles
Dr. S will be here for you 24/7, slaving away to bring you the sports news and views you so richly deserve. Meanwhile, our raving correspondent Fester is taking Thanksgiving …
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Where Will Willis Go In Draft?
The NFL will hold its 2007 draft on Saturday at high noon in New York (11 a.m. in Jacktown). ESPN and the NFL Network will televise the proceedings. Ole Miss …
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State
Alice Walker to be Featured at Mississippi Book Festival
Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker has been tapped to speak at this year's Mississippi Book Festival.
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Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Future'
The long-range environmental and cost-saving benefits of the way-over-budget, 582-megawatt Kemper County integrated gasification combined cycle have been hotly debated since the project's inception.
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Skys of Fire at W.C. Don's
The post pop-punk, alt. rock and Sacramento based band "Skys of Fire," on Poisoned Fate Records, will perform at W.C. Don's on Monday, January 10, 10 p.m. Skys of Fire, …
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Bryant Withdraws Pro-Life Nomination
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he's withdrawing his nomination of anti-abortion activist Terri Herring to the state Board of Health.
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Health Care
Signatures May Get Medical Pot on Mississippi 2020 Ballot
A Mississippi group advocating for medical marijuana legalization has turned in more than 105,000 signatures to get the initiative on the ballot next year.
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Politics
Treasurer Race: McRae's Expertise Faces Green's Common Touch
David McRae has lots of his own money, while Addie Lee Green has less. One will be managing Mississippi's money as state treasurer after the Nov. 5 election.
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coronavirus
Mississippi's 2020 Neshoba Fair Canceled Because of Virus
The 2020 edition of “Mississippi's Giant Houseparty,” the Neshoba County Fair, is being canceled because of concern about the coronavirus pandemic.
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Crime
Mississippi Physician's Sentencing on Prison Bribery Delayed
Sentencing has been delayed until at least September for a physician who pleaded guilty in May to bribing Mississippi's former corrections commissioner.
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National
Trump Signs Order to Speed Infrastructure Construction
President Donald Trump says he's signing a new executive order "streamlining" the federal permitting process to speed up construction of transportation, water and other infrastructure projects without harming the environment.
